Jurors found 17-year-old Shirell Smith guilty of two counts of capital murder in the 2012 shooting death of 22-year-old Terrell Ellis after deliberating late Thursday afternoon, all day Friday and about an hour this morning.

One count of capital murder was for murder in the course of a robbery and the second was because the victim was inside a car. Jurors also found Smith guilty of second-degree assault for injuries to the driver of the vehicle.

A prosecutor had told jurors that while they believe Davis actually fired the fatal shot, Smith is still guilty of being complicit.

"They (the Ellis family) do feel like justice has been served," said Deputy Jefferson County District Attorneys Michael Streety. In a case like this no one wins, he said.

"We're disappointed," said Cynthia Umstead, who was one of Smith's attorneys. Smith maintains his innocence, she said.

Jones will be among the first, if not the first, in the state to sentence a juvenile convicted of capital murder under new rules set out by the Alabama Supreme Court.

The U.S. Supreme Court nearly a decade ago ruled that juveniles 17 years old and younger can't be sentence to death. In Alabama that only left judges with the option of sentencing juveniles convicted of capital murder to life without the possibility of parole.

In 2012, however, the U.S. Supreme Court also ruled in an Alabama case (Miller) that judges must have sentencing options other than life without the possibility of parole.

The Alabama Legislature did not take action to amend the capital punishment law after the 2012 ruling. So in September, in response to attorneys' appeals for two Birmingham teens facing trials for capital murder, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that judges have the sentencing options of life with the possibility of parole, or life without the possibility of parole.

To determine which sentencing option the judge should impose, the Alabama Supreme Court said that judges must hold a hearing to consider factors such as juvenile's age, previous history, the crime, and mental capacity.

Umstead said that Smith has a number of factors going for him at sentencing, including not being the shooter. "You're talking about a 16-year-old (at the time) who has been in special ed since first grade," she said.

Smith was still attending Jackson Olin High School at the time of his arrest, Umstead said. "He liked going to school. He wanted to graduate," she said.

Davis had a plea deal to plead guilty to murder and be sentenced to 20 years in the case. But he did not testify at Smith's trial and that deal now appears to be scrapped. Streety said after today's verdict that prosecutors "are looking toward going forward with his (Davis') case."